CHAPTER 113: PEDDLERS, SOLICITORS, AND ITINERANT MERCHANTS
Section
113.01 License Required
113.02 Bond Required
113.03 Refund of Bond
113.04 Certain Salespersons Excepted
113.05 Individual Bond and License Required
113.99 Penalty
'113.01 LICENSE REQUIRED
(A) Transient Salesperson. Any person who has not been a resident within the boundaries of the City for 12 consecutive months prior to the time of application for a license.
(B) It is unlawful for any transient salesperson to sell, or take orders for future delivery, at retail or wholesale, any article or item of any kind, tangible or intangible, including entertainment or entertainment facilities in, upon, or along any street in the City, or to go from door to door in the City for such purposes unless the salesperson has made application to and obtained from the Clerk Treasurer of the City a license authorizing such activity, and has paid a fee of $25 for each day the license is to be in effect.
[Ord. G-97-20, passed 10-28-97]
'113.02 BOND REQUIRED
(A) At the time the license is issued, the salesperson shall deliver to the Clerk Treasurer his or her bond in the amount of $500 with acceptable surety thereon, or, in lieu of such surety, cash or a certified check in the amount of $500 made payable to the City.
(B) The bond shall run to the City and its citizens, and shall be conditioned so as to indemnify any citizen of the City for the repayment of any purchase from or payment made by any citizen to the salesperson, for any faulty or defective item or for any sales made to the citizen through misrepresentation or fraud.
[Ord. G-97-20, passed 10-28-97]
'113.03 REFUND OF BOND
The bond posted by each salesperson shall be retained by the Clerk Treasurer and shall be in full force and effect for 90 days after the salesperson has filed with the Clerk Treasurer a verified statement containing a complete list of all persons to whom a sale has been made in the City and the amount of each sale.
[Ord. G-97-20, passed 10-28-97]
'113.04 CERTAIN SALESPERSONS EXCEPTED
The provision of this Chapter shall not apply to salespersons who sell dairy products, farm produce, or vegetables on the streets or from door to door in the City; however, any salesperson intending to sell dairy products, farm produce, or vegetables in the City shall obtain a permit from the Clerk Treasurer by the payment of a fee of $25 for each day sales are to be made by the person or, in lieu thereof, by the payment of a fee in the amount of $60 for a seasonal permit, valid only in the calendar year of issuance.
[Ord. G-97-20, passed 10-28-97]
'113.05 INDIVIDUAL BOND AND LICENSE REQUIRED
A license shall be obtained and a bond posted by each salesperson; it is not intended that one license may be obtained and one bond posted by a person, firm, or corporation for the benefit of that person's, firm's, or corporation's employees, agents, or representatives.
[Ord. G-97-20, passed 10-28-97]
'113.99 PENALTY
Any person violating any provision of this Chapter shall be fined a sum not exceeding $500 and each day of violation shall be considered a separate offense.
[Ord. G-97-20, passed 10-28-97]
